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South Korean President Attends Impeachment Trial

Despite his refusal to appear for questioning in the CIO's investigation, Yoon Suk-yeol attended the impeachment trial held by the Constitutional...

21.01.2025 10

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Pro-Yoon Rioters Attack Courthouse After New Arrest Warrant Against the President

In the wake of the court’s decision to extend the detention of Yoon Suk-yeol, his supporters used violence against the police and stormed the...

20.01.2025 8

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South Koreans Separate Support on PPP and President Yoon

Despite the public’s support for impeaching the South Korean president, the ruling People Power Party just outpolled the main opposition Democratic...

16.01.2025 10

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North Korea Launches SRBMs Toward Its Eastern Waters, South Korea Says

Eight days after Pyongyang launched a hypersonic ballistic missile, it fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles into the sea.

14.01.2025 8

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Over 300 North Korean Soldiers Have Died in Russia’s Kursk Region

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service reported that more than 300 North Korean soldiers were killed fighting against Ukraine, while more than...

13.01.2025 4

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North Korea Launches Suspected Hypersonic Ballistic Missile

On January 6, North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile, according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Monday’s...

06.01.2025 6

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Investigators Fail to Arrest South Korean President

The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) failed to detain South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on January 3, three days...

03.01.2025 4

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Arrest Warrant Issued Against South Korean President Yoon

On December 31, a South Korean court issued an arrest warrant for South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was impeached by the National Assembly...

31.12.2024 10

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179 Killed in Airplane Crash, South Korea’s Deadliest

At 9:03 a.m. KST on December 29, a Jeju Air flight from Bangkok carrying 175 passengers and six crew skidded off the runway of the Muan...

30.12.2024 3

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South Korean Acting President Han Duck-soo Impeached

On December 27, the South Korean National Assembly passed a bill calling for the impeachment of South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who is...

27.12.2024 3

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South Korea’s Yoon Impedes Constitutional Court’s Impeachment Trial

Since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was impeached by the National Assembly on December 14 – 11 days after he declared martial law – the...

19.12.2024 5

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South Korean President Impeached by Legislature After Self Coup Attempt

On December 14, the National Assembly of South Korea passed a bill calling for impeaching South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. Yoon has become the...

14.12.2024 20

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In Defiant Address, Yoon Denies Treason Charges, Vows to Fight on

On December 12, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol addressed the South Korean public – the second such address since he lifted martial law on...

12.12.2024 4

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How North Korea Views Yoon’s Declaration of Martial Law

Eight days after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law, North Korea’s state-controlled Korean Central News Agency called the...

11.12.2024 3

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After Blocking Impeachment, South Korea’s PPP Wants to Absorb Yoon’s Presidential Powers

On the morning of December 8, the leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), Han Dong-hoon, and South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo made a...

09.12.2024 8

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PPP Neutralizes Vote to Impeach South Korea’s President

On December 7, South Korea’s ruling People Power Party (PPP) succeeded in preventing South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol from being impeached over...

07.12.2024 4

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Yoon Accused of Trying to Arrest Key Political Leaders During Martial Law

On December 6, Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the ruling People Power Party, said he confirmed that President Yoon Suk-yeol had ordered...

06.12.2024 10

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South Korea’s PPP Decides to Protect Yoon Ahead of Impeachment Vote

The beleaguered ruling People Power Party (PPP) has decided to impede the opposition parties’ moves to impeach Yoon at the National Assembly. The...

05.12.2024 6

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South Korean President Lifts Martial Law, Now Faces Looming Impeachment

At 4:30 a.m. KST on December 4, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol lifted martial law about three hours after the National Assembly blocked his...

04.12.2024 3

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How South Korea Should Prepare Before Trump Returns to the White House

Devising a concrete plan to strengthen its self-defense capabilities and recalibrating its policy on North Korea would be top priorities for Seoul...

12.11.2024 8

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South Korea, US Hold ‘2+2’ Meeting Amid Spiking Tensions With the North

The two sides condemned the North’s ICBM test and its apparent deployment of troops Russia.

01.11.2024 2

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Ahead of US Presidential Election, North Korea Launches ICBM

Just after the South Korean defense minister met his counterpart in Washington, North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.

31.10.2024 1

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North Korea Steps up Its Hostile Moves Against South Korea

With road demolitions and direct threats, North Korea has further cemented its belligerent stance toward the South.

16.10.2024 10

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Why Is South Korea’s President Yoon So Unpopular?

The majority of South Koreans think the South Korean president is not doing his job well, and there's no shortage of explanations.

13.09.2024 3

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South Korea’s President Yoon Meets Japanese Prime Minister Kishida One Last Time

Before Kishida’s departure as prime minister, Yoon touted their efforts to restore stony relations between the two countries. The South Korean...

06.09.2024 1

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How Would a Harris Administration Deal With North Korea?

If Harris wins the election in November, she is likely to continue the Biden administration’s approach to Pyongyang. That would be a mistake.

12.08.2024 10

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